Verified hospo marketplace · Melbourne

Hospitality shifts, filled fast.

Do you hospo? I hospo.

Verified Melbourne cafés, bars and restaurants — post a shift, we match you with a verified, award-paid worker. $10 per matched shift or save more on a monthly plan. Workers keep 100% of the wage, paid same-day via PayID. Workers always pay nothing.

Post your first shift→See a sample invoice
Wage held in trust until you approveAward rate floor enforcedSame-day PayID release

Sample shift cost

Saturday brunch · 1 barista · 8 hours

Award minimum

L2 Casual · MA000119

Worker rate · $32.31/hr × 8h100% to the worker — paid same day via PayID$258.50
iHospo platform feeflat — no percentage, no markup on wages$10.00
NPP PayID transferwe move the money for you$0.10
What you pay total$268.60
Effective hourly$33.58/hr
iHospo holds the wage in trust, releases it to the worker the moment you approve the shift. Award rate is enforced as the minimum — no underpaid workers, no race-to-the-bottom. Workers handle their own super and tax (ABN or Statement by Supplier).Posting 10+ shifts/month? Busy ($99/mo for 15) or Unlimited ($299/mo) save more.

Same shift, elsewhere

  • Traditional agency30% markup (Drake, Randstad)$336.05save $67.45
  • Sidekicker25% bundled EOR markup$323.13save $54.53
  • Supp~12% café fee + worker membership$289.42save $20.82

And on iHospo the worker pays nothing. Supp charges workers a monthly membership; we don't. Workers earn more on iHospo for the same job.

The Math

Your last labour-hire invoice had a 22% line you couldn't explain.

Traditional labour-hire platforms bill a bundled rate that hides their markup. iHospo is a marketplace + paymaster: you pay the worker's wage (100% to them), a flat $10 platform fee, and the $0.10 NPP transfer cost. Three lines. Nothing else.

Markup-based platforms
Bundled bill rate~$40+/hr
Worker actually receives~$32/hr (gross)
What the platform takes22–28%
Itemised breakdownHidden
No breakdown availableTrust us, it's all in there somewhere
iHospo
Three lines
Worker wage (100% to them)$32.31/hr
iHospo platform fee (per match)$10.00
NPP PayID transfer (per match)$0.10
8h Saturday brunch barista$268.60

Effective $33.58/hr — flat fee doesn't scale with shift size

You save $50+/shiftvs ~25% bundled markup at ~$320

*Restaurant Industry Award MA000119 Level 2 casual rate from 1 July 2025. Workers are independent contractors who handle their own super and PAYG; iHospo is paymaster, not employer. Subscription tiers (Busy $99/mo, Unlimited $299/mo) waive the platform fee inside their cap.

Savings calculator

See what you'd save vs Supp's ~12% per-shift fee

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Drag to model your venue's actual volume.

$220

$258 = an 8h Saturday brunch barista at award rate. $220 = a 6h weekday lunch shift.

12%

Supp typically 10–15% per matched shift, plus a separate worker membership.

Your monthly bill

On Suppwage + 12% Supp fee
$4,928.00
On iHospo (Busy)$99/mo + 5 × $10 overage
$4,551.00
Monthly savings
$377.00
Annual savings
$4,524.00

Both platforms pay the same wage. The difference is the platform fee — Supp is a percentage that scales with shift size; iHospo is flat. And on iHospo the worker pays nothing — Supp charges them a separate monthly membership.

How It Works

Post a shift, match in minutes, paid same day.

1

Post the shift

Date, time, role, rate (must be at or above the award floor). Save as a template. Most cafés post in 45 seconds.

2

A worker matches

Workers browse and apply. We auto-match the best fit by reliability, distance and skills. Your card is charged the moment they're locked in — wage held in trust.

3

They turn up, do the shift

Check in, work the hours, check out. Both sides rate each other. The wage stays in our trust account until you approve the timesheet.

4

Worker is paid same day

On approval, we release the wage to the worker via NPP PayID — usually in their bank within 60 seconds. They keep 100%. We keep our $10 fee.

Pricing

$10 per matched shift. Or save more with a subscription.

Three tiers, no markup on wages, no worker-side fees. Workers always pay nothing — Supp charges them a monthly membership; we don't.

Pay only when matched
Pay-as-you-go
$10per matched shift

Post once or twice a month. $0 base — only pay when a worker locks in.

  • $0/month base — only pay when matched
  • No charge for shifts that don't fill
  • All matching, KYC, ratings, dispute support
  • 1 venue · unlimited team members
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Most popular
Busy
$99/month · 15 shifts included

For venues posting 10–30 shifts/month. Effective $6.60/shift at the cap.

  • 15 matched shifts per month included
  • $10 per shift after that — auto-overage
  • Save $51/month if you use all 15 vs PAYG
  • Templates, fill-rate analytics, priority support
  • Up to 3 venues · unlimited team
Choose Busy
Unlimited
$299/month · unlimited shifts

For multi-venue groups posting 30+ shifts/month. Break-even at 30.

  • Unlimited matched shifts every month
  • Save $2,101/mo vs Supp at 100 shifts
  • Multi-venue dashboard, group analytics
  • Dedicated account manager, SLA support
  • Unlimited venues · unlimited team · API access
Choose Unlimited
See the full pricing page — volume comparison, FAQs, payment flow →

All prices excl. GST · cancel any time · no annual lock-in. Workers always free — no membership, no fee per shift, ever.

Built for trust

We hold the standards every gig platform should — and publish them.

Wage held in trust

When a worker confirms, we charge your card and hold the wage in our trust account. It releases to the worker via NPP PayID the moment you approve their timesheet — usually within 60 seconds.

Award rate is the floor

We're a marketplace — the law doesn't require us to enforce the award. We do anyway. Cafés can't post below the Restaurant Industry Award (MA000119) casual rate. No race to the bottom.

Worker pays nothing — ever

No sign-up fee. No monthly membership. No deduction from the wage. Supp charges workers a monthly membership; we don't. The café pays $10 per match — that's our whole revenue model.

Verified both sides

Workers: photo ID, right-to-work, bidirectional ratings. Venues: ABN-matched director, card on file, first-shift admin review. Bad-faith venues are removed after one substantiated dispute.

Venues That Trust Us

“Our Sidekicker bill was $4,200 last month. Same shifts through iHospo are $1,500 plus $99 a month — and the wage in trust thing means we can't accidentally short anyone.”
JC

James Chen

Owner, Morning After Café, Fitzroy

Are you a barista, waitperson, cook or kitchen hand?

We built iHospo so workers keep 100% of their wages. No cut. Award rate floor enforced. Paid same day via PayID.

Learn more → iHospo for workers